"Brother, who do you think can compare with him in Black Wind Mountain?" Yang Xiong shook his head and said contemptuously: "No one can compare with him, not even Black Panther!" Then he looked at Shi Ping in confusion, "Brother , what do you mean by that?" Yang Peng was sleeping on the city gate tower. I was woken up before dawn the next day. Seeing Chen Jie standing in front of him with excitement and excitement, he asked in confusion: "What happened?" Chen Jie said anxiously: "Miss Chai has been found!" Yang Peng was stunned, and Gulu stood up immediately. , "Where is she?" "Yang Guihua has taken her to the post house!"
Yang Peng said angrily: "This woman is annoying!" and then ran out of the city gate tower. I hurried back to the post house and saw Chai Yonghui sitting in the hall eating, wolfing down food and completely losing the restraint that a young lady should have. His hair was messy and his face and body were covered in stains. Although he hadn't seen her for only a few days, he seemed to have lost a lot of weight.
The anger in Yang Peng's heart suddenly disappeared at this moment. He walked up to Chai Yonghui and looked down at her, not knowing what to say. Chai Yonghui felt someone coming and raised his head. When he saw Yang Peng, his eyes immediately became uneasy, he lowered his head and stopped eating. Yang Peng sat down in front of her and sighed, "Are you okay?" Chai Yonghui nodded.
"Go take a shower and change clothes first, and we'll talk later." Chai Yonghui nodded again. He raised his head and glanced at Yang Peng, then quickly lowered his head and said in a voice like a gnat: "I'm sorry!..." "What? I didn't hear it!" Chai Yonghui raised his head with red cheeks and said with some annoyance: "I said sorry!"
Yang Peng chuckled, "What a young lady! Even the words of apology were so arrogant and domineering!" Chai Yonghui was very angry, but had nowhere to vent. He could only stare at Yang Peng with his big, beautiful and clear eyes, *** * Heaving violently. "Okay, okay, don't be angry. I made a mistake."
Chai Yonghui smiled. Yang Peng asked: "You won't run around anymore, will you?" Chai Yonghui shook his head. Yang Peng smiled and said: "What do you mean by shaking your head? Are you not running outside, or are you not listening to me?" Chai Yonghui said: "I will not run away again."
Yang Peng smiled. Chai Yonghui stood up and said, "I'm going to take a shower." Then he left the hall. Yang Peng asked Yang Guihua who was standing aside: "Where did you find her?"
Yang Guihua replied: "I found Miss Chai in Zhangshu Village. Last night, when I was about to evacuate, I suddenly found someone sneaking out of the Black Wind Mountain Military Camp. I think there may be something behind this, maybe it's the same as Miss Chai was related, so he ordered someone to send a message to Xue Fu, and then led the people to follow him. It can be regarded as Miss Chai's auspicious sign. The person we followed was actually Wang Dayong's crony, and he was going to Zhangshu Village to transfer Miss Chai. We After discovering Miss Chai, we immediately took action and killed the seven or eight people who were guarding Miss Chai and the crony, and rescued Miss Chai."
Yang Peng nodded, suddenly remembered something, frowned slightly, and asked: "Miss Chai, has she been..." Yang Guihua shook his head firmly and said: "Absolutely not! There are two reasons. One is that Miss Chai She doesn’t look like a woman who has lost her virginity. Secondly, I have interrogated the guards, and they all said that Wang Dayong has not been able to succeed because Miss Chai threatened to die, and Wang Dayong was afraid of the rat."
Yang Peng smiled slightly, "Okay!" He patted Yang Guihua on the shoulder, "Thank you for your hard work! This time it's really thanks to you!" Yang Guihua was overjoyed. Chen Jie said with a teasing smile: "After this time, this eldest lady will no longer regard the people of Heifeng Mountain as heroes, right?" Yang Peng and Yang Guihua both laughed.
Yang Peng frowned and said: "There is only one problem now, how to defeat the Black Wind Mountain bandit army?" Yang Guihua frowned and said: "In fact, it is not difficult to deal with them. As long as the surrounding states work together with us, we can force the Black Wind Mountain The thieves retreated. However, although the surrounding states said they deserved it, they did not take actual actions and adopted a wait-and-see attitude. As a result, things would be difficult to handle. With Gaotangzhou's city walls, Gaotangzhou and these The local soldiers are much weaker than we expected, so I'm afraid they won't be able to hold on for long. Based on the current situation, I estimate that the city will be breached in three days at most!"
Yang Peng showed a thoughtful look. Chen Jie said gloomily: "If we were the Cangzhou Army, a thousand men would be enough to guard it. If there were five or six thousand men, we could go out of the city and defeat them! It's really frustrating now!" A secret guard ran in. , clasped his fists and said: "Master, the training envoy of the Gaotang Prefecture regiment wants to see you."
Yang Peng said: "Invite him in." The secret guard responded, ran down, and led the regiment trainer in after a while. The Gaotang Prefecture regiment training envoy, whose surname is Zhao, has the same name as the arrogant Zhao Kuo. With a medium height, an ordinary build, and an average appearance, he is a middle-aged man with no characteristics that leaves no impression on anyone.
Zhao Kuo clasped his fists and bowed in greeting: "I pay my respects to Mr. Yang!" "General Zhao, there is no need to be polite. What's the matter?" Zhao Kuo straightened up and said anxiously: "There are deserters again!..." Chen Jie was not angry. Authentic: "What's so strange about this? Aren't there deserters every day?" "The situation this time is different. It's a whole group of two hundred people who escaped together. They are probably still hiding in the city. I came here specifically to ask Mr. Chen what to do. Deal with this?"
Chen Jie said: "I really don't know how you train the army! Why are all your men so pusy?" Zhao Kuo was unhappy, but he neither dared nor could say anything. Yang Peng thought for a while, "Go to the army and tell everyone that reinforcements from the surrounding states will arrive within three days, and my troops from Cangzhou will arrive within five days. Tell everyone not to be afraid."
Zhao Kuo asked with surprise on his face: "Are reinforcements from all walks of life coming? Is this true?" "Of course it is true! You also want to tell everyone that all soldiers who persist until the reinforcements arrive will be given a reward by Lord Ding." Each person will be rewarded fifty taels of silver." Zhao Kuo's eyes lit up and he said hurriedly: "I will go and tell everyone the good news immediately!" He bowed his hands to Yang Peng and left in a hurry.
Chen Jie asked in confusion: "Why didn't I know that the reinforcements were coming soon?" Yang Guihua smiled and said: "This is the big brother's plan. In this way, the morale of the army will be stabilized." Chen Jie suddenly realized. Yang Guihua frowned and said: "It's just that this won't last long! In three days, the soldiers of Gaotang Province will know the truth. If they cannot defeat the Black Wind Mountain Bandit Army before then, the morale of the soldiers of Gaotang Province will collapse instantly. Gaotang State will fall soon."
Yang Peng rubbed his chin, thinking, and muttered: "It would be great if we could find the place where the Black Wind Mountain Bandit Army's grain and grass are stored!" Dong-dong-dong...! Woo...! War drums and horns suddenly sounded loudly. Yang Peng stood up suddenly, ran out of the hall, and looked south. Yang Guihua, who was standing behind Yang Peng, frowned and said, "The Liangshan Army must have started to attack the city!"
"Let's go!" Yang Peng ran outside, followed closely by Chen Jie and Yang Guihua. The three people and the secret guards rushed to the city wall and saw thousands of Black Wind Mountain bandits charging towards the city wall with shouts. Although the Black Wind Mountain bandits have not yet climbed onto the city wall, there is already chaos on the city wall. The local soldiers are running around like headless flies. No matter how much Zhao Kuo and others shout at the top of their lungs, it is of no avail.
Yang Peng shouted: "Don't be chaotic! If you want to survive, resist with me!" When the local soldiers saw Chen Xiao, their originally panicked hearts calmed down a lot. Yang Peng walked to the wall and saw that the Black Wind Mountain bandits had set up ladders and were preparing to attack the city wall. Yang Peng pulled out his sword and shouted loudly: "The crossbowmen shoot, and the others throw rocks and stones!" The soldiers immediately obeyed, and the crossbowmen fired arrows at the bottom of the city, while the others threw rolling stones and stones with all their strength. Go down. The Black Wind Mountain bandit army who attacked the city wall were knocked to the ground one after another, and the bows and arrows of the Black Wind Mountain bandit army continued to throw arrows at the top of the city. From time to time, local soldiers were shot to the ground. The local soldiers were frightened. If it weren't for Yang If Peng kept cheering them up, they would have collapsed long ago!
While watching the battle below the city, Tao Ran suddenly showed an expression of surprise and said to Black Panther, "Brother, they can't resist for long!" Tao Ran finally saw the details of the soldiers on the city wall. The Black Panther glanced at the city wall and asked puzzledly: "Why do you see it?"
Tao Ran said: "Although these soldiers are still resisting, their actions are chaotic and disorganized. Then Yang Peng is a man who is good at fighting. How could he let these soldiers be in such a situation? The only explanation is that these soldiers are extremely flustered. ! If it weren’t for a famous general like Yang Peng sitting in charge, I’m afraid Gaotang Prefecture would have been broken by us long ago!”
The Black Panther nodded, "What the military advisor said is absolutely true!" He turned to Wang Dayong and said, "Brother Wang Dayong, Brother Zheng Tianhu, and Brother Tianshou, come up too! Strengthen the offensive and make sure to break the city today!" Wang Dayong and the other three excitedly clasped their fists and promised, He led a thousand infantry troops under his command to join the battlefield.
The fierce battle continued, and Gaotang Prefecture was on the verge of collapse. While the fierce fighting in the south of the city was in full swing, the magistrate of Gaotang Prefecture, Master Ding, ran away from the north gate with his wife and family property. The battle lasted until dusk. The Black Wind Mountain Bandits stopped their attack, but the Gaotang Prefecture soldiers miraculously held on. But this is already their maximum limit. In fact, if the Black Wind Mountain bandit army launches another wave of attacks, the city will be destroyed! Fortunately, the Black Wind Mountain bandit army did not launch another round of attacks and temporarily retreated.
Yang Peng took a long breath. Looking at the frightened and exhausted soldiers around him, I felt that this war could no longer be fought. Yang Guihua whispered beside Yang Peng: "Sir, we can't win, let's give up." Chen Jie asked angrily: "You just ran away in despair?" Yang Guihua said: "Chen Jie, don't be motivated! In this situation, if we don’t leave, there is only one way to die, so why die in vain? Furthermore, Gaotang Prefecture is not Cangzhou, and it is not our responsibility. There is no need for us to risk our lives for Gaotang Prefecture!”
Chen Jie said angrily: "So the people here should be thrown to the bandits?" Yang Guihua wanted to continue to explain, but Yang Peng raised his hand and said: "Okay, stop arguing!" Zhao Kuo ran to Chen Xiao panting. In front of him, he cupped his fists and said, "Oh no, Mr. Yang, the prefect has run away!" Hearing this, Yang Peng couldn't help but get angry, "If we talk about running away, I'm afraid no one can compare to this Mr. Ding!"
Chen Jie snorted coldly, "What kind of good bird can the Ding family have!" Yang Peng was thinking about whether he should give up, but it was difficult for him to leave the people here. Another soldier came to report: "Sir, someone called outside the west city gate and said it was your old friend."
Yang Peng was a little surprised. Where did he come from? Hurry towards the west gate. When I came to the city wall, I saw two people riding horses under the city gate. It was impossible to see who they were in the dark, but the outlines did look familiar.
"Who are you?" Yang Peng asked loudly. "General Yang, it's me, don't you remember?" A somewhat familiar voice floated up from below. Yang Peng's heart moved, and he thought of a person. It was certain that he was indeed an old friend. However, Yang Peng couldn't figure out what the purpose of his trip was. Are you here to declare a challenge or persuade you to surrender? But why don't we go to the remote west gate instead of the south gate where the battle is taking place?
Early the next morning, crazy war drums sounded loudly outside the city. In the early morning mist, the ferocious Black Wind Bandits and their horses were slowly approaching the city wall. Chen Jie commanded the soldiers to prepare for battle, but the soldiers were all extremely nervous. It was really hard for them, but they didn't collapse yet!
"The bandits outside the city are inhumane! They will kill all the men, old people and children, and steal all the women, money and food! If we can't resist them, we will only die. Not only that, our parents will be killed Kill, our children will also die violently, and our wives and sisters will be snatched back to the village and ravaged by them! If we don’t want this to happen, we can only fight, fight! Use our blood and our knives to kill these abominable people. The bandits are holding back outside the city!..." Chen Jie raised his voice on the city wall, and the fighting spirit of the local soldiers was gradually boosted, but it was still hard to say what the situation would be like after the fight started.
After the three drums outside the city, nearly ten thousand Black Wind Mountain bandits shouted in unison, like a group of beasts roaring. The soldiers on the city wall looked pale, and the people hiding at home were all trembling with fear.
The Black Panther raised his right hand, and the two thousand front troops immediately roared and rushed toward the city wall. The battle began. "Archers, prepare! Rolling stones, prepare! Listen to my orders!" Chen Jie shouted at the top of his lungs. The soldiers pursed their lips tightly and stared at the oncoming waves. They felt dizzy and terrified. They wanted to run away, but because they were worried that their relatives would be killed by the bandits, they tried their best to hold on and try their best to keep themselves safe. do not be afraid!
The crossbowmen on both sides began to shoot at each other, and people on both sides continued to be hit by arrows and fell to the ground. The cloud ladder was set up on the top of the city, and the Black Wind Mountain bandit army began to attack the city wall. The soldiers on the top of the city threw down the rolling stones and trees with all their strength, causing the Liangshan army to fly with blood and flesh, and screamed in agony.
However, the Black Wind Mountain bandit army was tough after all, and they quickly rushed to the top of the city. Like a wild beast crashing into a flock of sheep, flesh and blood flew everywhere under the claws, and the soldiers fell into a pool of blood one by one. The situation is already extremely critical. Chen Jie led more than a dozen secret guards to kill him, waving his iron rods and killing with long knives! If the Black Wind Mountain bandit army is a jackal, then Chen Jie and the secret guards are tigers. They killed the jackals until their flesh and blood flew everywhere. The gap just opened by the Black Wind Mountain bandit army was quickly blocked!
However, after blocking this side, another hole was opened on the other side, and the Black Wind Mountain bandits swarmed in. After blocking that side, gaps appeared in other places. More than a dozen of Chen Jie's men were like a fire brigade running on top of the city, struggling to keep the city wall from being breached.
Seeing Chen Jie's bravery, the Black Panther asked in shock: "Who is this person?" Zheng Tianhu, who had fought with Chen Jie, turned back and clasped his fists and said: "Brother, this person's name is Chen Jie, he is the deputy commander of the first division under Cangzhou. He gave me this injury on my little brother!" Black Panther couldn't help but admired: "No wonder he is so brave, he turns out to be a warrior from Cangzhou!"
Wang Dayong was unhappy when he heard this. He clasped his fists and said, "Brother, why should I have someone else's ambition to destroy my own prestige? My younger brother is willing to climb the city and take his head!" Then he galloped towards the city wall. Black Label whispered to Hei Long: "Wang Dayong saw Chen Jie fighting fiercely for a long time and wanted to take advantage!" Hei Long smiled coldly.
Wang Dayong rode to the foot of the city wall, jumped off his horse, pushed away a young man, and climbed onto the ladder with his knife. Jumping on the city wall, I happened to see Chen Jie and two secret guards fighting fiercely in the crowd. Everyone in Heifeng Mountain was killed and staggered back. Wang Dayong shouted: "Chen Jie, stop being so arrogant, I, Wang Dayong, are here to meet you!" He drew his sword and joined the battle group.
A secret guard was fighting fiercely with several small bosses, and he had no time to pay attention. Wang Dayong took the opportunity to rush in from one side and cut off Yin Sha's left arm with a knife. Hidden Kill was in pain, so he slowed down his movements, and the few bosses in front of him immediately stabbed him with their knives, piercing his chest together. The secret guard spat out a mouthful of blood, with a desperate look in his eyes, roared angrily, and swung the steel knife forward in his hand, cutting open the necks of the three little bosses in front of him, and several of them fell together in a pool of blood.
Chen Jie was so angry that he swung his stick and knocked over several minions in front of him. He came to Wang Dayong. Upon seeing this, Wang Dayong first raised his knife and stabbed Chen Jie, but Chen Jie turned a blind eye to the steel knife stabbed in his chest. With a loud shout, he raised the iron rod and struck Wang Dayong on the head, with the force of splitting a mountain! Wang Dayong couldn't help but feel fear in his heart, and hurriedly retracted his sword and raised it to resist! There was a loud bang, and the iron rod hit the steel knife heavily. Wang Dayong was knocked to the ground, and he was extremely frightened! Chen Jie continued to pursue, while Wang Dayong crawled on the ground to escape. He ran to the wall, but it was not the place he came up from. There was no ladder, and he couldn't help but panic.
He turned around hurriedly and saw Chen Jie rushing up like a mad tiger. In shock, he subconsciously swung his knife to attack. But how could he be Chen Jie's opponent? I saw Chen Jie swung his stick and swung away the long knife he was stabbing at, then spun around and kicked Wang Dayong hard on the chest with his right foot. Wang Dayong screamed and flew out of the city wall, fell to the ground outside the city with a loud thud, and spurted out a mouthful of blood. However, because the city wall in Gaotangzhou was not high and the soil outside the city was relatively soft, Wang Dayong managed to save his life.
Wang Dayong was shot down the city wall, which deeply shocked the Black Wind Mountain bandit army. Immediately, the Black Wind Mountain bandit army receded like an ebbing tide, and the battle came to a halt. However, the battle is far from over. The Black Wind Mountain bandits are still arrayed outside the city. It is obvious that they will launch a more violent attack soon!
A soldier officer whose name Chen Jie could not name rushed to Shi Jin and said in a panic: "General, our regimental training envoy is missing!"
Chen Jie frowned and cursed: "Damn! He must have escaped!" Then another soldier officer ran over and reported: "General, many soldiers have escaped secretly!" Shi Jin quickly walked toward the distant city wall. Looking over, I found that the people on the city wall were indeed much sparser than before, and I also saw a few soldiers throwing away their weapons and running down the city wall. Chen Jie's heart sank to the bottom, and he asked the two officers in front of him: "Approximately how many people are there?" One officer said: "There are probably less than a thousand people!"
Chen Jie's brows furrowed. He felt that this battle could not be fought. "It would be great if I had the officers and soldiers of the First Division here! As long as a thousand people are enough!" At this moment, Yang Guihua came to the city wall. superior. Chen Jie saw him and said angrily: "Aren't you taking care of the Chai family? Why are you here?" Yang Guihua said: "I saw many soldiers fleeing, and I knew you must be in trouble, so I came here specially Come and help you!" Chen Jie snorted, "It's useless for you to come, and you can't change the troops!" Yang Guihua smiled and said: "That's not necessarily true!"...
The Black Panther looked towards the city wall and saw flags on the wall spread out and soldiers standing in a dense row. He couldn't help being surprised, "Why are there so many soldiers and horses in Gaotang Prefecture?!" Tao Ran looked at the city. The head frowned and said: "This should be the opponent's plan to mislead the enemy!" He clasped his fist at Black Panther, "Brother, don't be fooled by this illusion. I believe that we can break through the city with just one more attack!"
However, the Black Panther showed hesitation. Tao Ran saw this and was ready to persuade him again. At this moment, someone suddenly pointed to the south and shouted: "Look! There's a fire in the south!" Everyone turned their heads to look, and sure enough they saw thick smoke billowing into the sky behind a hill in the distance to the south. Tao Ran's expression changed drastically, "No! It's in the direction of Zhangshu Village!" Black Panther was startled and hurriedly ordered: "Quick! The entire army returns to support Zhangshu Village!"
Chen Jie and others on the city wall saw the Black Wind Mountain army turning around and running towards the south. Yang Guihua said rejoicing: "Fortunately, brother moved quickly enough!"... Black Panther and others rushed all the way to Zhangshu Village, where they saw blazing flames in the sky, thick smoke billowing, the wind assisted the fire, and the fire assisted the wind. , the entire Zhangshu Village simply turned into a huge furnace, and soldiers and horses from Black Wind Mountain kept rolling and crawling out of the terrifying fire scene.
Everyone in the Black Wind Mountain Army was dumbfounded. Tao Ran stopped a young leader who had escaped and asked, "What happened?" The young leader said in shock, "Yes, it's the prefect of Qingzhou! They, they are like ghosts. When we find that something is wrong, Most of the people have been killed, and the food and grass have been set on fire!"
The Black Panther asked angrily: "Where are they?" The little leader shook his head, "No, I don't know. They set the fire and ran away!" "Chase! Chase me!" the Black Panther shouted hysterically. . Black Dragon and Black Tiger immediately led the cavalry to chase aimlessly in all directions.
However, Yang Peng and the others had returned to the city at this time. Chen Jie and Yang Guihua came forward. Yang Peng got off his horse and said with a smile: "Burn all their food and grass, let's see how long they can hold on!" Chen Jie and Yang Guihua laughed. At this time, two people came from behind Yang Peng, one of whom turned out to be Yang Xiong, and the other turned out to be Shi Ping! It turned out that the reason why Yang Peng was able to accurately attack the grain and grass storage area of the Black Wind Mountain Bandit Army was because the two of them led the way. The so-called old friends who came to the west city last night to see Yang Peng were actually none other than Yang Xiong and Shi Ping. They came to seek refuge with Yang Peng.
After all, what happened next will be explained later.
